Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-12
WASHINGTON.
Erws NOTES AND GOSSIP FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Question Of Repeating ths Internal
Revenue Taxes Newport News
Edueation- Briefs.
,rrnn our Regular correspondent. !

From our Regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, January II .--segenty Dem.
ocrsts have so far signi6ed theic disp0.
sl,ion 10 vote for The repeal OF Internal
taxes. hut the Republicans are not coming
mn rs brhkly AZ was hoped. A gentleman
ssid to-day creed Is .quleily sitting by,
having fixed his plins, and Hiscock u
marching an the hill hike the kiog OF
Tfancc. only TO march back again"
Coloncl Green says that 4 majority Of the
House are In favor Of the principle OF On
income.tsx. The bin introduced by him
l. based upon the former Law on the sub
icct. II provides for an exemption OF
$1,000. incomes between that amount and
5000 shall be taxed per cent, between
5000 ana 10000 per cent, between
si0OOO aud $4,000 10 per cent. and be-
,w.cn $4,000 and $4,000 IS per ceut. At
this point taxation Is stationary; II is The
extreme limit
NEWPORT NEWS.
delegation Of officials and other porsons
from Norfolk are In The city 10 oppose the
proDosed transfer OF Newport News from
The Norfolk customs district. Among them
are Me, srs. To, Tor and Goodwin. The cIti-
zens Of Newport News and the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway favor placing Newport
News in a new district. they urge that
the importance OF the place lustiiies II, and
that u is ipcouVeUieDt 20 go TO NoriOik Ior
clearances. The Norfolk merchants and the
ofBcialLo deny this claim. They willap.
near before the Committee on Commerce 10.
morrow. SIR. O'FerIall is chaifman OF the
sub. committee which has charge OF the sub
iect.
In attendance upou the Agricultural
Congress here to-day ore large number OF
ViTgiuiAns. In addition 10 some OF the
names inserted elsewhere among the per-
sOnsls are the following gentlemen Hon.
Il. j. Barbour, oil Orange; Dlngeriield
Lewis, Of Clarke; r. T.. Gaskins, Of
GreensyIlle. The passage by an Oyerwhelm-
ing majority Of the Department OF Agri-
culture bill plcaSts these farmers rcprcsen-
tatiYcs immensely.
EDUCATION.
Msior Daniel reported from the Commit.
tee on Labor solution making the edu-
cation bill the special order for Wednesday,
January 18th. IL was referred TO the Com
miitce on Rules.
The bill for grading and paving the way
90 The national cemetery at Danville was
reported fayOrably in the Senate 0.day
without amendments. The House report
was adopted.
Judge Bennett from the judiciary Com
mittee Of the House, reported this morning
a substitute for the bill defining the bound
aries Of the judicial districts. The bill
transfers the counties OF Chatham, Dur
lam. and Orange from the Western 20 the
Eastern district Of North Carolina.
Among a number OF pubic-buildi0g
bills reported by Mr.. Malone on Monday
in the Senat, was that permitting a change
OF site for the building at Abingdon. II
MSS amended by the Senate committee.
BRIEFS.
New iourth-class post offices: Odd,
Raleigh county, w. Va; Pembertou,
Raleigh county, W. Va.
FOurth.class post-offices discontinued;
BesT Grass, Mar in county, n. c., (mail
TO Keelsullc); Bray, Camden county, n.
e., (mail TO Old Trap; Cornnlke, Gates
county, n. c., (mail 10 Wiggins's Cross
Rosds); Kilkenny, Tyrrell county, n. c.,
(msil 20 Alligator; Oldham, Forsythe
county, (mail TO WInston).
Virginia visitors Hon. X. A. Ayers,
Acknowledgements: W. l.. Royal and wife,
II. H. Marshall. Richmond; Colonel RO.
bert Beverley, ". n. Mckinney, W. b.
Compton, Miss +. G.. Compton, +. +. Col
son, II. II. Carlton, DR.. Nj. q. Holt, &. j.
Sale, ID. &. Gordon, and NJ, X. Gordon,
Virginia; Henry IIdeD, Lynchburg; Rich
ard Walker, Norfolk.